SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 02, 2013
Cricket world champion and former playboy Imran Khan found his way to Islam through a mystic. Now he wants to become Pakistan's prime minister and free his country of corruption and the Americans. By Susanne Koelbl more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 08, 2013
The leak this week of a Justice Department memo justifying targeted drone killings of Americans abroad has opened President Obama to criticism and drawn comparisons to the Bush administration's notorious "torture memos." The document isn't on the same scale, but Congress should continue asking tough questions. A Commentary By Eugene R. Fidell more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 08, 2013
Germany's government recently announced plans to do a 180-degree policy shift by deploying armed drones in combat. It argues that remote-controlled killing machines are no different than any other weapons, but experts say the "new wars" have completely different -- and revolutionary -- rules. A Commentary by Thomas Darnstaedt more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 25, 2013
A document obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates the German government is preparing to procure armed drones for foreign combat. Opposition politicians are outraged by the development and note that the use of weapons-equipped unmanned aircraft is legally dubious and possibly unethical. By Veit Medick more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 14, 2012
A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United States Air Force in New Mexico. He kills dozens of people. But then, one day, he realizes that he can't do it anymore. By Nicola Abé more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 26, 2012
Declines in the size and price of unmanned flying devices have led to an explosion in their public and private deployment in Germany. Despite their many benefits, the murky legal environment has many worried that drones could be used for unlawful purposes. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 09, 2012
The German military is considering the purchase of combat drones. But we should not allow ourselves to be seduced by the idea that an unmanned aircraft is a humane weapon. On the contrary, they expose the true nature of war in all its brutality. An Essay by Dirk Kurbjuweit more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- June 14, 2012
Barack Obama entered the White House as a savior. But he hasn't delivered. The ideological chasms in the US are as deep as they have ever been, with Republicans blocking the president at every turn. Who is responsible for his failure? By Ullrich Fichtner, Marc Hujer and Gregor Peter Schmitz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- June 13, 2012
Germans were ecstatic when Barack Obama took over the keys to the White House from George W. Bush. Now, though, a new Pew Research Center survey shows that disillusionment with the US president is widespread in Germany and that Obama has not lived up to the high expectations Europeans had of him. An Analysis by Bruce Stokes more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 10, 2012
Washington and Islamabad have barely been on speaking terms since US forces killed Osama bin Laden last year. But with American and NATO troops set to leave neighboring Afghanistan soon, nuclear-armed Pakistan has little motivation to improve relations. Hatred of the US is growing in the country. By Hasnain Kazim and Gerhard Spörl more... [ Forum ]
